Two Airmen killed, four injured in jeep mishap

Mohammed Naalir and Lunugamvehara group correspondent R. Piyasena

HAMBANTOTA: Two Air Force personnel were killed and four others critically injured when their jeep overturned at a culvert near Weerawila town last morning, police said.

The jeep belonged to the Weerawila Air Force camp.

The four critically injured Airmen were removed to the Hambanthota Base Hospital. The Airmen were returning to the Weerawila Air Base when the mishap occurred.

According to Sergeant W. Attanayake, the driver had lost control of the vehicle. Hambanthota Police Traffic Branch is investigating. Meanwhile an 80-year-old woman died when she was run over by a private bus at Hungama last morning.

Hungama police arrested the driver.